SEBRING, FL - March 17 - Co-defending GT2 champion drivers Joerg
Bergmeister and Wolf Henzler (both Germany), now driving for rival
Porsche 911 GT3 RSR teams for the 2009 American Le Mans Series, will
lead a Porsche contingent for Saturday's Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of
Sebring, including a special appearance by a three-time overall winner
of the 12-hour classic.

The race, which takes the green flag on Saturday, March 21, at 10:30 AM
EDT, will be telecast live on SPEED TV, with the pre-race show starting
at 10:00 AM. The network will stay live until noon, and then come back
on the air at 2:00 PM EDT through the checkered flag, and finish at
11:00 PM after the victory circle ceremony.

Hans Stuck (Germany), who won this race in 1975, 1986 and 1988 (the
'80s races were in a Porsche 962), will run in the VICI Racing Porsche
911 GT3 RSR with his son Johannes. Stuck, now a corporate consultant at
Volkswagen, is delighted to back at Sebring, and anxious to help his son
develop his racing skills.

"Racing at Sebring again after winning for the first time in 1975 means
a lot to me, especially when it comes to the fact that I can compete in
the 2009 race with my son Johannes and further to that it will be my
first race with Porsche since my last race for the factory in Laguna
Seca 11 years ago in 1997. The other highlight is the fact that I'm
racing for my old friend Ronnie Meixner - the VICI team owner - who I
was team mate with in the times with Joest Racing when we raced Porsche
962."

The Porsche competition for the top step on the podium in GT2, however,
will rest with the two main combatants from last year - Flying Lizard
Motorsports (Sonoma, California) and Farnbacher Loles Racing (Braselton,
Georgia). They will face stiff competition from new entries by Ferrari
and BMW, and later in the season, from the factory Corvette team.

"We're heading into the new season feeling very confident. Our customer
teams tested intensively in Sebring in January and the cars immediately
ran very well," says Hartmut Kristen, Head of Porsche Motorsport. Due
to changes in the technical regulations, which stipulate that the 911
GT3 RSR features a smaller air inlet restrictor and five millimeters
more ride height, the teams virtually have to start from zero with their
suspension set-up, but have made quick progress. "We found a good basic
set-up that we can build on for the race."

Five of the 450 hp 911 GT3 RSR contest the GT2 class at the
season-opener of the race series showcasing the world's fastest sports
cars. Racing for the Flying Lizard Motorsports team, Porsche works
drivers Joerg Bergmeister and Marc Lieb (both Germany) and Patrick Long
(USA) hold good

winning chances in Sebring. In 2005, Bergmeister/Long won here for
Porsche and secured the class championship title. With two Sebring
victories to his credit (2005, 2008), as well as three championship
titles (2005, 2006, 2008) with Porsche, Joerg Bergmeister is one of the
most successful drivers in the American Le Mans Series.

"Sebring is the toughest race of the season and one of my favorites.
The bumpy circuit is very demanding and hard to drive," says Joerg
Bergmeister.

Like Patrick Long, he is thrilled with the further developed 911 GT3
RSR. After initial tests he said:

"The new car handles better than the old one, and that was already very
good." For both Bergmeister and Long, the 2009 racing season kicked off
with a class win at the Daytona 24 hour race as part of the Grand-Am
Series in a Porsche 911 GT3 Cup racer.

Last year he won in Sebring with his team mate Joerg Bergmeister and
went on to claim the title - this season, Porsche factory driver Wolf
Henzler (Germany) shares the 911 GT3 RSR of Farnbacher Loles Racing with
his fellow countryman Dirk Werner in the American Le Mans Series. In
Sebring they will join forces with Porsche works driver Richard Lietz
(Austria).

"We've made a noticeable step forward with our new car, which we
already saw at our winter tests, says Wolf Henzler. "We are well
prepared and figure we have good chances to win the championship."

VICI Racing also plans to race two 911 GT3 RSRs. Besides the two Stuck
family members, Dutch driver Nicky Pastorelli will be the third driver
in one car, while Lance David Arnold, Marc Basseng (both Germany), and
Richard Westbrook (UK) will share the other VICI Porsche.

At least one Porsche has competed at Sebring every year since 1953 - 54
straight races (there was no race in 1974). No other manufacturer is
close to that record.